Saturday, January 20, 2007

14. "En Un Sol Amarillo (Memorias de un Temblor)" by Teatro de Los Andes



A Bolivian theater troupe presents incidental real-life accounts of the survivors of an earthquake that rocked their homeland in 1998 and the government's lack of proper measures to rebuild the destroyed infrastructure. The quake was ingeniously re-enacted with a few ropes and pulleys as wooden furniture pieces flew around the actors and into the air. At one point, wadded up balls of masking tape were given to the audience, who were encouraged to pelt actors portraying politicians. A lasting image: portraits of the dead, framed within wooden squares and breathing smoke during a snapshot series at the finale.

Ticket fee: $3.00